The England Twitter account deleted the tweet less than an hour after it was originally posted.

But the tweet had quickly gone viral and many had taken screengrabs in anticipation that it might get deleted.

The FA told BuzzFeed UK in a comment:

The full story was a wider homecoming feature attempting to reflect the many personal stories within the playing squad as has been told throughout the course of the tournament. However, we understand that an element of the story appears to have been taken out of context and the opening paragraph was subsequently revised to reflect that fact.

And someone who claims to be an FA employee has apologised via Twitter.